Barry Trotz saw it in in his players before the Islanders started their first-round sweep of the Penguins.
“I had no doubt we were going to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins,” Trotz told Newsday. “I saw it going into the playoffs. I saw it Game 1. No one thinks you’re going to beat your opponent four straight. But I didn’t have any doubt we were going to win that series.”
The Islanders open their second-round series against the Hurricanes on Friday night at Barclays Center. And even if the coach has a similar feeling about this matchup, he wouldn’t say now.